A Study of Ultrasonography With Elastography in Skin Neoplasms

Wayne State University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Benign and Malignant Skin Neoplasms

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01259037

Elastography1

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will look at high frequency ultrasound as a medical imaging modality and apply it to skin lesions. Elastography is an ultrasonic method of looking at the hardness of an area. We will use this to try and differentiate between benign and cancerous skin lesions.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with skin lesions undergoing biopsy for diagnosis.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with skin lesions which do not require biopsy for diagnosis.